openSUSE 10 Security Update : te_ams (te_ams-4819)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29890

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Buffer overflows in dvips and dviljk could be triggered by specially crafted dvi files (CVE-2007-5935, CVE-2007-5937). dvips additionally created temporary files in an insecure manner (CVE-2007-5936).

Solution

Update the affected te_ams packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29890

File Name: suse_te_ams-4819.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/8/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:te_latex, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:te_cont, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:te_kpath, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:te_web, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tetex, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:te_nfs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:te_eplai, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:te_dvilj, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:te_omega, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:te_mpost, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:te_ams, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:te_ptex

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5935, CVE-2007-5936, CVE-2007-5937

CWE: 119, 264

Detections

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